The Amt/MEP/Rh family: Structure of AmtB and the mechanism of ammonia gas conduction

Physiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 419-429

  Khademi, Shahram ^a   Stroud, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMTB PROTEIN, E COLI; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; MEP2 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; CHEMISTRY; GAS; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GASES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 33845318547     PISSN: 15489213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00051.2005     Document Type: Review

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